Ubaydullah ibn Jahsh

Of Banu Asad ibn Khuzayma, ally of Banu Umayya; he emigrated to Abyssinia with his wife Umm Habiba. Ibn Ishaq mentions that he became Christian there, left Islam and died a Christian — and the Prophet married Umm Habiba after him. ¹

Ibn Ishaq names him first of "the rest of the Abyssinian emigrants" under Banu Umayya ibn Abd Shams, tracing him to Jahsh ibn Ri'ab al-Asadi, of Asad Khuzayma, ally of Banu Umayya. ¹ He says his wife Umm Habiba bint Abi Sufyan and his daughter Habiba — for whom Umm Habiba was named — were with him, and that Umm Habiba's name was Ramla. ¹ Ibn Ishaq relates from Muhammad ibn Ja'far ibn al-Zubayr from Urwa that he went out with the Muslims a Muslim, and when he reached the land of Abyssinia became Christian. ¹ Ibn Ishaq says he became Christian, left Islam and died there a Christian, and the Prophet then married his wife Umm Habiba after him. ¹ Ibn Ishaq transmits from him, when he passed the Muslims, a saying likening himself to one who sees and them to those who do not yet see. ¹

• Ibn Ishaq's chain for the report is "Muhammad ibn Ja'far ibn al-Zubayr from Urwa" (p. 6).
• The judgement "became Christian and left Islam" is Ibn Ishaq's own phrasing; the museum attributes it to him and issues no ruling of its own.